/*
   Copyright 2012 SciAgnito, Inc.

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 
 */

/**
 *
 */
package org.open834.segment;

import org.open834.Base;

/**
 * A class to be used as the base class for all segments. Provides basic 
 * parsing, serializing, and list management capabilities.
 *
 */
public class SegmentBase extends Base {
	/**
	 * Data Element Separator
	 * Value: *
	 */
	public static char DATA_ELEMENT_SEPARATOR = '*';
	
	/**
	 * Repetition Separator
	 * Value: ^
	 */
	public static char REPETITION_SEPARATOR = '^';
	
	/**
	 * Component Element Separator
	 * Value: :
	 */
	public static char COMPONENT_ELEMENT_SEPARATOR = ':';
	
	/**
	 * Segment Separator
	 * Value: ~
	 */
	public static char SEGMENT_TERMINATOR = '~';

}
